What are some big picture reasons humans might care about biological diversity in the first place?
What are some big picture reasons humans might care about biological diversity in the first place?
What’s your best guess as to the annual value in US dollars per year of global ecosystem services?
There is a false dichotomy between “the environment” and “the economy”.
Without the environment there would be no economy.
Are there potential down-sides of valuing ecosystem services monetarily?
Economic value of endangered species can lead to further declines
Devastating armed conflicts over natural resources
Abysmal working conditions in resource extraction
Bioprospecting and biopiracy